Juno’s Choice
I’ll say this right up front: I haven’t seen the movie Juno. (I haven’t seen any other Oscar-nominated flick either, because big-screen movies are no longer a central part of my life experience, now...
View ArticleAbortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
“She only saw him once. Once, from behind the window of the nursery. He was wrapped in a blue blanket, and he was oh so small. They asked her if she wanted to hold him, and she said no. Just as she had...
View ArticleLost
I have moments when I lose the thread of the story that I tell myself about why this is so important to me. I tell myself that this – this story about searching for my long-lost brother – is a story...
View ArticleA Story Not My Own
This story that I`ve been telling about my brother – my lost brother – is not my story, not really. It is becoming my story – that is, it is becoming a story that matters to me, a story that involves...
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Why Don’t You Leave Your Name And Your Number And I’ll Get Back To You?
This, for those of you following at home, is called phoning it in. I am so exhausted from a weekend visiting in-laws – during which Emilia took up drumming and basketball and other activities more...
View ArticleWhat To Expect When You’re Not Going To Be Expecting
So I wrote this post over at BlogHer. It’s kind of heavy, but also, I think, kind of extraordinary (that is, the subject of the post is extraordinary, not my writing) and I’d love to know what you...
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Stories I’ve Only Told My Mom
I think that Mother’s Day is as good a time as any to break out the heavy emotional artillery, don’t you? I can’t say that I regret having had an abortion, but I also can’t say that I don’t. It’s...
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